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Dec. 20, 1932. w. J. DE WYITT BOX Filed March" 12. 1931 ZZ fave/Z207 w'liz 6% rza's difarrzgs- Patented Dec. 20, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT ori ce-f WILLIAM J. DE wrr'r, or AUBURN, NEW Yonx, Assiernon r snon roam coi, 1no1, or AUBURN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION orn'nw YORK BOX Application filed March 12, 1931.. Serial No. 521,982.

In shipping articles having projections thereon it is diiiicult to pack the articles in boxes so that the danger of breakage of the articles, and particularly of the projections thereon, is eliminated or reduced to a minihas been placed;

The primary object of this invention is to provide a box which has internal means for supporting such articles safely without pre senting any obstacles to prevent the easy insertion of the article therein and which is externally of standard outline so that the boxes may be handled, stacked or crated in the usual manner without difiiculty.

A further object of this invention is to provide a box having secured to one wall thereof a support on which a portion of the article rests with any projections from the article held out of contact with the walls of the box, such support being so formed that rests so that the article is held out of contact with the bottom of the box.

Other objects of this invention will appear from a consideration of the-following specification and of the drawing which forms a part thereof, and in which: i I

Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a box embodying this invention in which a boat Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken 2 along the line 2-2 of Fig.1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional side view taken alongthe line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

As illustrating this invention and. not as provide a member 31 having a flange. 32 provlded with a notch 33 which receives the limiting it, the drawing shows a box adapted to receive a boat 11. Such boat 11 includes a hull 12 having a how 13, a stern 1A and several elements projecting from the hull as, for example, the propeller 15, rudder 16, tiller 17 and pole sockets 18 and 19. It will be understood of course that if these, elements, especially the propeller and rudder '16, should come into contact with the walls of the box during shipment there isdanger that such elements will-bebroken ofl', bentor otherwise impaired. V

:The box 10 is rectangular, having side I Walls 20, end walls 21, a bottom' wall 22 and a cover 23. For the purpose of so supporting the boat that the projecting elements are out of contact With the box walls, a memberf25 is secured to one end wall 22 havinga flange 26 on which the stern 14 of the boat rests so that the propeller 15 and rudder 16 are spaced from the walls. The member 25 has preferably a second flange 27 aboveand parallel to the flange 26, which flange 27 pro: jectsj above the stern 1 1 and prevents any such risin thereof as would bring the tiller 1'? and p0 e socket 18 into contact with the cover 23. The edge of. the flange 27 may have a notch 28 therein into which the socket 18 may enter when the boat is moved rearwardly. Oneform of member 25 which has been' used with some success is, as shown in the drawlng, a rectangular box, the side walls of whlch form the flanges 26 and 27 while the base 29 andthe end walls30 rest againstthe end wall 21 and sidewalls 22' respectively, and may be secured thereto by any suitable means as, for example, by the use of glue or other adhesive.

As a further support for the boat I also bow 13 of the boat. This member, like the member 25, may be a rectangular box, one

side wall of which constitutes the flange 32. The base 34,- end walls and other sidewall 36 may rest against the bottom 22, sidewalls member 25 to hold the hull away from the bottom of the box.

While one embodiment of this invention has been shown and described with particular reference to its use for receiving a boat, it will be understood that I am not limited to such embodiment since other embodiments,

varying in structure and adapted for other 7 uses, might be miade without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim: V 1. In a box for containing a boat having a propeller projecting from the hull thereof, a supporting member including a flange on which the stern of the boat rests with the propeller out of contact with the walls of the box, and a second flange parallel tothe' first flange and projecting above the stern of the boat, and a second supporting member including a flange having a notch therein, in which notch the bow of the boat rests.

2. In a box for containing a boat having a propeller projecting from the hull thereof, a supporting member including a flange on which the stern of the boat rests with the propeller out of contact with the walls of the box, and a second flange parallel to the first flange and projecting above the stern of the boat, and a second supporting member including a flange having a notch therein, in which notch the bow of the boat rests, the first member being secured at one end wall of the box and the second member being se-i cured at the bottom of the box adjacent the other end wall.

3. In a boX for containing a boat having a propeller projecting downwardly from the hull thereof and a pole socket projecting upwardly therefrom, a supporting member including aflange on which the stern of the boat rests with the propeller out of contact with the walls of the box, and a second flange parallel to the first flange and projecting above the stern of the boat, said second flange having a notch therein into which the pole socket of the boat may enter when the boat is moved longitudinally.

Signed by me at Auburn, N. Y., this 10th day of March,'1981. q o

WVILLIAM J. DE WIT'I. 

